We can't say that Fresno State was turning the world on its ear when Coach Mac was there...
Koetter was the head coach at Highland High School for two seasons (1983–1984) before becoming a full-time college assistant coach. His college coaching career began in 1985 as the
offensive coordinator at
San Francisco State University. He then coached at
UTEP (1986–1988),
Missouri (1989–1993),
Boston College (1994–1995), and
Oregon (1996–1997).
Koetter was the head coach for three seasons at
Boise State from 1998–2000, before moving to
Arizona State in 2001. His record with the Broncos was 26–10 (.722), with two
Big West Conference titles and two bowl victories. At Arizona State, Koetter compiled a 40–34 record, and four winning seasons in six years. Under Koetter, the Sun Devils became known for a vertical passing attack. He held a 1–11 record against top 10 teams, and was 2–19 against ranked teams. On November 26, 2006,
The Arizona Republic reported that Koetter was being terminated as ASU football coach.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] His final game was the
2006 Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve, a 41–24 loss.
In 2007, Koetter accepted the position of offensive coordinator for the
Jacksonville Jaguars of the
NFL. In his first season with the Jaguars, the offense improved from tenth in the league (338.9 yards per game) to seventh (357.4 yards per game). Koetter has been instrumental in the development of Jaguars offensive players
Maurice Jones-Drew,
Mike Sims-Walker, and
Marcedes Lewis. Koetter was named, in addition to his duties as offensive coordinator, as the team's
quarterbacks coach on November 30, 2011, with the firing of
wide receivers coach Johnny Cox and the switch of quarterbacks coach
Mike Sheppard to wide receivers coach.